Business

Bucked up backup

Developing new products is tough at the best of times. Taking them global is even tougher. But sometimes all it takes is a new look at an old problem to hit on an innovative solution. Then, with the help of some big five consultant friends, you can invade Europe.

28 January 2003

Backing up data is an annoying, irritating exercise that most people consider a waste of time – and consequently forget about. That is until the laptop is stolen, the hard disk crashes or a file is corrupted in a Windows crash. Then it suddenly becomes important and, as always, IT is to blame for any lost, unrecoverable data.

In 1999 a small group of people in Western Cape decided to see if they could find a more efficient way to protect corporate data. They formed a company, initially consisting of five people, named Attix5.

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